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Laurie Buckhout: “I got Lyme disease. I got bit by a tick.”

Featuring: Laurie Buckhout, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House North Carolina, District 1

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Life After The Military - Laurie Moe Buckhout

Published | Video Starts at 44:47

So here's how mine started. Like, like a lot of transformational things. In my life. It started with just a really hard decision I had to make. I got Lyme disease. I got bit by a tick. Wow. On my property. And I'm like, we're all boy scouts. My family's all eagle scouts and stuff. We like to run around outside. There are a lot of deer on our property. (44:47–44:52)

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